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Wouldn’t it be great to live without fear? Or would it? Research is showing just how important fear can be.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Watching what happens to the electrodes in a lithium-ion battery with neutron science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
What makes a cell turn cancerous – and how does a cancer become infectious? In the second of two articles on transmissible cancers, Elizabeth Murchison explains what the genetic details tell us.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
After four years travelling around the globe, the schooner Tara has returned with a world’s worth of scientific results.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
Science in School is published by EIROforum a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
Ages: not applicable;
Discovering how infectious diseases spread may seem purely a matter for medical science – but taking a close look at the numbers can also tell us a great deal.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
The basic chemistry of hair dyes has changed little over the past century, but what do we know about the risks of colouring our hair, and why do we do it?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Is it possible to pass cancer from one individual to another? For some animals, it is – and, sadly, a unique Tasmanian species is facing possible extinction as a result.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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An almost fearless brain
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society
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Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke
Topics: Physics
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Towards a better lithium-ion battery
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Infectious cancers: the DNA story
Topics: Biology, Health
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Tara: an ocean odyssey
Topics: Biology
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Winners, workshops and illuminating science
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Pixels, pictures and powering up
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Ebola in numbers: using mathematics to tackle epidemics
Topics: Mathematics, Biology, Health
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Colour to dye for
Topics: Chemistry, Science and society
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Infectious cancers
Topics: Biology, Health
